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Kunafa Cake Recipe

This Christmas make something interesting and amazing- Kunafa Cake. Combining the technical of kunafa and some basic baking skills ?

  • Prep time:
  • 20mins
  • cook time:
  • 45mins
  • serves:
  • 8

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Level : Moderate

Cuisine : Lebanese

Course : Dessert

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  • #ChristmasandNewyearspecial
  • #contest160
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  • 1. For the sugar syrup:Place the sugar, lemon juice and water in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir the mixture with a wooden spoon to dissolve the sugar.Once it boils, reduce heat to low, and simmer for seven minutes. Do not cover the saucepan.Add the orange blossom water and simmer for one more minute. Set aside to cool down
  • 2. The lower layer:Tear the bread into small pieces.Add the meltedbutter & knead with your hands, ending up with a dough of one texture.Coat a 30cm/12 inches round baking tin with some butter & press the bread into the bottom of the tin.Pour some more butter over the bread.
  • 3. Add the grated mozzarella cheese(the middle layer) almost covering the bread in the tin. Set aside
  • 4. For the pudding:Melt butter in a heavy bottomed saucepan over medium heat. Add the milk, semolina, heavy cream, sugar, cheese & vanilla.Whisk constantly over medium heat.Continue whisking until the cheese is melted and the mixture is thickened.Pour the pudding (we prepared) over the cheese
  • 5. Bake:Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F. Position the rack the lower third (just below center) of the oven.Loosely cover the knafeh with foil.Bake for about 30-35 minutes, or until the lower layer of knafeh is deep golden in color.
  • 6. Turn the knafeh onto a flat serving dish, and garnish with some ground pistachios.Drizzle the sugar syrup generously over the knefah
  • 7. Serve the cake warm.
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